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Monday, April 25, 2016

May 1-7 Health and Safety Week

According to WorkSafeBC, here is a typical year in statistics for BC in Public School Districts. The data wascollect between 2007-2012.Facts about Public School Districts

60 school districts

90, 500 workers

just under 1,600 time-loss claims

just under 45, 000 lost days of work

over $7.2 million claims costs

Who is getting injured in Public Schools?

28% Maintenance/custodial workers

22% Educational Assistants

15% Elementary school teachers

11% Secondary teachers

24% others (includes principals, vice principals, bus drivers,...)

How are they getting injured?

30% slips trips and falls

28% overexertion injuries

11% struck by an object (of which 22% of the time the person was struck by a student)

8% acts of violence and force

23% all other accident types

Demographics of Injured Workers

59% female, 41% male

10% under 35 years of age

21% 35-44 years of age

42% 45-54 years of age

26% over 54 years of age

The Result of Violence in Schools

67% of public school workers were educational assistants

15% were elementary teachers

9% were secondary teachers

Over 50% of the public school workers getting injured as a result of violence were 45 years of age or older and 89% were female